Hear about our latest events and news here! In our WISE Blog, you’ll find tips on developing life skills, recaps of our events, and special interviews of our Women of WISE team, including mentors and program participants.

On April 26th, 2019 WISE held its Healing Youth Through Art Conference at Neighborhood House in St. Paul, MN. The conference aimed to give teachers, youth workers, and health practitioners the tools to use art as a form for healing and leading youth.

Pakou joined the Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment in August 2018 as the AmeriCorps VISTA Communications and Development Coordinator. Her role is to help WISE diversify their funding sources and seek collaboration that will increase the visibility of WISE!

Hanin is excited to work with WISE’s school programs and with the Oromo Community Center where she will be educating teens about healthy relationships and helping them develop their expectations for what a good relationship should be.

“WISE empowers me as a student at St. Kate’s to lead and influence, and I want to carry on that mission to empower other women,” says Taylor. She knew that although she had little experience working with immigrants and refugees, she wanted to learn and support them in any way possible.